Politics

News Hour: Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-serving monarch, has died at the age of 88, the palace announced on Thursday, leaving a divided nation bereft of a rare figure of unity. “Although the team...

News Hour: Well-wishers kept up their vigil outside a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, offering prayers for ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej as deeply polarised Thailand faces the prospect of losing its figure of unity. Bhumibol, 88, is...

News Hour: Myanmar State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi will pay an official visit to India soon to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, according to an official announcement on Thursday. Aung...

News Hour: Indian politicians come forward every year on the Hindu festival of Dussehra to re-enact the slaying of a 10-headed demon, a climactic victory of good over evil depicted in a Hindu epic. The demons...

News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled his trip to Paris scheduled for next week after French President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for talks on achieving peace in Syria’s increasingly bloody...

News Hour: A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the detention of 125 police officers in the investigation of a religious movement the government blames for an unsuccessful military coup, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. It was...

News Hour: An invigorated Hillary Clinton commanded a record crowd of more than 10,000 supporters on Monday, leaving Donald Trump floundering as America’s top elected Republican all but conceded the White House. The former secretary of...

News Hour: The International Criminal Court is closing in on another milestone as it seeks to make its first ever reparations to the victims of war crimes, focusing on the pain suffered by child soldiers. Two...

News Hour: Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was on Monday projected as the “clear winner” of the second US presidential debate but her Republican rival Donald Trump “exceeded expectations”, a CNN poll said. The CNN/ORC poll of...

News Hour: Those were a few of the milder terms used by tens of thousands of people online to describe Sunday night’s US presidential debate, as both candidates used the campaign set piece to launch their...